Advances in predicting nutrient partitioning in the dairy cow: Recognizing the central role of genotype and its expression through time

Animal

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 89-101

  Friggens, N C ^a   Brun Lafleur, L ^b,c,d   Faverdin, P ^b,c   Sauvant, D ^a   Martin, O ^a  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^d Institut de L'Elevage   (France)

Author keywords

environment; genotype; homeorhesis; homeostasis; nutrient partition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE;

EID: 84874859758     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731111001820     Document Type: Conference Paper

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